Princess for a day

National Review, Sept 29, 1997 by Anthony Lejeune

LONDON 'THE spring has gone out of the year,'' said an ancient Greek general, mourning the loss of young soldiers: and that was very much the mood in London last week, most affecting, I thought, at the beginning, when the gestures were still quite spontaneous. Buckingham Palace was largely for tourists: Kensington Palace, where Princess Diana had lived, was the place for Londoners.